Articles in the October 14, 2011 Issue of Crop Biotech Update

NEWS

Global
• 2-in-1 Strategy: Feed the World and Protect the Planet
• Global Hunger Index 2011
• CAST Report on Climate Change Controversy

Africa
• Strategies for Strengthening GM Technology Adoption in Africa
• Population Growth, Land Use and Climate Change to Affect West Africa's Crop Yields

Americas
• Technical Support Against Glyphosate Resistant Weeds
• Cloned Genes to Build Stem Rust Resistance
• Deregulation of Insect Resistant Soybean, MON 87701
• USDA Seeks Public Comment on Draft Environmental Impact Statement for RR Sugar Beets
• VipCot Cotton Trait Stack Received US Regulatory Approval for Release
• USW: Biotech Needed to Increase World Wheat Production
• Mizzou Scientists Discover the Game of Phototrophism

Asia and the Pacific
• Cotton Researchers Get CSIRO's Top Award
• Pakistan and Brazil Agricultural Research Agreement
• A Variety of Green Rice Developed in Pakistan
• Indonesia Seeks Comment on Food Safety Assessment of GM Sugarcane
• 7^th Asian Crop Science Association Conference in Indonesia
• Filipino Cartoonists Encouraged to Join BiotechToons Contest

Europe
• Sense About Science Launches Ask for Evidence Campaign
• More Nutritious Broccoli out in UK
• Petition for Change in Europe's GM Legislation
• Portuguese Farmers Call for Innovative Agricultural Technologies
• Bayer and Precision Biosciences Develop Site-Specific Insertion Technique for Cotton Research

Research
• Effect of Bt Corn on Non-target Microorganism
• Scientists Find an Effective Insertional Mutagen for Soybean
• GE Wheat with AlSAP Gene Exhibits Strong Tolerance to Salinity and Drought

Announcements
• Grants for Agric and Food Initiatives

A Variety of Green Rice Developed in Pakistan

At Hazara University in Pakistan, scientists have been developing green super rice by combining genes from the wild rice Oryza longistaminata, four land races of Pakistani origin and three varieties viz. JP-5, Basmati 385, KS-282 in a conventional breeding strategy. The developed rice line has leaves that remain green longer than usual, effecting prolonged photosynthetic activities. Hence, the number of filled grains per panicle increased from 200 to 700, the panicle length increased up to 47 cm with 250-300 grains per panicle, and production increased from 5t/ha to 12t/ha.

See the story at http://www.pabic.com.pk/A%20variety%20of%20Green%20Rice%20developed%20by%20Hazara%20University%20Pakistan.html

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This article is part of the Crop Biotech Update, a weekly summary of world developments in agri-biotech for developing countries, produced by the Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology, International Service for the Aquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications SEAsiaCenter (ISAAA)

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